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Q1A shopkeeper offers the following schemes on toys of the same marked price. (A) Successive discounts of 16% and 29% on any number of toys bought. (B) Successive discounts of 4%, 34% and 37% on any number of toys bought. (C) 12% discount on the first 4 toys and 27% discount on each toy thereon. (D) 4 toys free of cost on buying 10 toys. A customer wants to buy 10 toys. Which of the above schemes is the least beneficial to her?Q2Find the single discount equivalent to three successive discounts of 10% on a commodity.Q3A shopkeeper offers the following schemes on toys of the same marked price. (A) Successive discounts of 44% and 12% on any number of toys bought. (B) Successive discounts of 18%, 43% and 23% on any number of toys bought. (C) 8% discount on the first 4 toys and 38% discount on each toy thereon. (D) On buying ten items, the customer is billed for only seven items. A customer wants to buy 10 toys. Which of the above schemes is the least beneficial to her?Q4A shopkeeper wants to earn a profit of 11 1/9 % even after giving two successive discounts of 16 2/3 % and 20% on the marked price of an article. If the cost price of the article for the shopkeeper is ₹1800, what should its marked price be?Q5A shopkeeper offers the following schemes on toys of the same marked price. (A) Successive discounts of 39% and 3% on any number of toys bought. (B) Successive discounts of 36%, 13% and 8% on any number of toys bought. (C) 18% discount on the first 2 toys and 41% discount on each toy thereon. (D) 5 toys free of cost on buying 7 toys. A customer wants to buy 7 toys. Which of the above schemes is the least beneficial to her?Q6A shopkeeper offers two successive discounts of 18% and 15% on a frock whose marked price is ₹1,000. What is the final selling price (in ₹) of the frock?Q7Chitra gets a discount of 40% on a water cooler whose marked price is ₹2,200. Since she pays by credit card, she gets an additional 20% discount. How much does she pay (in ₹)?Q8A shopkeeper offers the following schemes on toys of the same marked price. (A) Successive discounts of 43% and 19% on any number of toys bought. (B) Successive discounts of 41%, 21% and 49% on any number of toys bought. (C) 35% discount on the first 5 toys and 3% discount on each toy thereon. (D) 4 toys free of cost on buying 5 toys. A customer wants to buy 5 toys. Which of the above schemes is the least beneficial to her?Q9A dealer buys two articles X and Y for ₹500 each. He marks each of them at the same price. He sells X by giving two successive discounts of 31% and 25% and still earns ₹328 as profit. If he sells Y at a single discount of 61%, then what is the profit percentage on Y?Q10After successive discounts of 12% and 5% an article was sold for ₹418. What was the original price of the article?Practice Free →Q11Saeed allows two successive discounts of 30% and 10% on the marked price of a pen, which is equal to a single discount of ₹592. Then how much profit (in %) will Saeed get on that pen, if the cost price is ₹900?Q12A dealer buys two articles X and Y for ₹8000 each. He marks each of them at the same price. He sells X by giving two successive discounts of 20% and 35% and still earns ₹616 as profit. If he sells Y at a single discount of 48%, then what is the profit percentage on Y?Q13A mobile phone is marked at ₹88,500. After applying successive discounts of 8%, 5% and 2%, what will be its final selling price (in ₹), rounded to the nearest integer?Q14A shopkeeper marks an article at 30% above the cost price and allows a discount of 10%. Find his profit percentage.Q15A shopkeeper buys an article for ₹2,400 and marks it for sale at a price that gives him 80% profit on his cost price. He, however, gives a 41% discount on the marked price to his customer. Find the actual profit made by the shopkeeper.Q16An item is marked 154% higher than its cost price. Even after allowing some discount, the shopkeeper earns a 27% profit. Find the discount percentage allowed by the shopkeeper.Q17A smartphone is offered with two successive discounts of 20% and 10%. If the marked price is ₹25,000, then what is the final selling price?Q18A shirt is listed at ₹192 with a discount of 25%. What additional percentage discount must be offered to the customer to bring the net price to ₹108?Q19A streaming service charges ₹150 per month. If you buy an annual plan (12 months) with a 15% discount, what is your total savings (in ₹) compared to paying monthly for a year?Q20A shopkeeper marks his goods at 40% above the cost price. He then offers a discount of 20% on the marked price. What is his profit percentage?
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